Parks Comm PKT 05-06-1999 • CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Thursday, May 6, 1999 City Hall
6:00 n.m. Mt. Baker Conference Room
WORK PLAN
1. Celebration Park 2. Comprehensive Plan 3. Neighborhood Parks 4. Skate Park 5. Park Impact Fees 6. Community
Center
7. Communication Plan 8. Off -Leash Park 9. Wedgewood Park 10. French Lake Park 11. Canoe Club
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PUBLIC FORUM 15 minutes
3. INTRODUCE NEW /OLD MEMBERS Reid 10 minutes
4. NOMINATIONS & ELECTION OF
NEW CHAIR & VICE CHAIR Reid Action 20 minutes
5. NEW CHAIR TAKES HIS/HER PLACE Action
6. YOUTH SPORTS FACILITY GRANT Schroder Information 10 minutes
• 7. REPORTS
A. Celebration Park
1. Construction Wilbrecht Information 10 minutes
2. Dedication Ceremonies Reid Information 10 minutes
3. Souvenir Program Duclos/Reid Information 5 minutes
4. Press Kit Kaplan/Kellogg Information 10 minutes
B. Comprehensive Plan
1. Revisions
2. Notebooks Bollen/Duclos/Kaplan Information 15 minutes
8. PANTHER LAKE CLEAN -UP Bartholomew Action 5 minutes
9. COMMISSION COMMENTS
10. ADJOURN
NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 3, 1999 AT 6:00 P.M.
• CITY OF FEDERAL WAY
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Thursday, April 1, 1999 City Hall
6:00 P.M. Mt.Baker Conference Room
WORK PLAN
1. Celebration Park 2. Comprehensive Plan 3. Neighborhood Parks 4. Skate Park 5. Park Impact Fees
6. Community Center 7. Communication Plan 8. Off -Leash Park 9. Wedgewood Park 10. French Lake Park
11. Canoe Club
MINUTES •
Present: Jim Baker, Marion Bartholomew, Jerry Bollen, Vice Chair, Dini Duclos, Karl Grosch, Dave Kaplan, Bob
Kellogg, Dean McColgan, Barbara Reid, Chair, Bob Roach. Staff: Philip Keightley, Deputy City Manager, Jenny
Schroder, Parks Director, Jon Jainga, Park Planning and Development Manager, Iwen Wang, Finance Director,
Marie Mosley, Deputy Finance Director, Tho Kraus, Financial Planning Supervisor, Ken Miller, Streets System
Manager, Brett Hatfield, Public Safety and Peg Buck, Administrative Assistant. Excused: Laird Chambers.
Chair Reid called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
* PUBLIC FORUM
Craig Gibson, Tacoma Water District, was in attendance and did a presentation with Jon Jainga on the upcoming
Pipeline 5 construction project. Construction is scheduled to start June, 1999 and will take approximately six months.
It will be nine miles with three crews working at different locations. Ken Miller added that it is a $14 million project.
• Gibson talked on issues they have dealt with such as habitat conservation and wetland areas.
* MINUTES
Minutes were approved as written.
* REPORTS - CELEBRATION PARK
A. WEB PAGE UPDATE
Kaplan reported that the communication plan and committee will be set up soon.
B. CONSTRUCTION REPORT
Schroder gave the construction report in Wilbrecht's absence. The paving tiles have been delivered to the engraver to
begin work. Site items are being researched and ordered also. Schroder talked on designs for the park signs.
C. PARK DEDICATION
Reid distributed a draft agenda for the Celebration Park Dedication Ceremony. Bollen praised Reid for a job well done
Commissioners went on to discuss decorations, banners and the stage placement.
D. DONOR RECOGNITION
Major donors ($1,000 or more) have been invited to a Chamber of Commerce luncheon to be held April 7, 1999.
E. SOUVENIR PROGRAM
Duclos showed a draft of the souvenir program she is working on. Duclos asked if all past Council members were to
be included since they were in the Celebration Park process from the start. Schroder said the past Council and past
Commissioners would be invited to the dedication ceremony.
F. PUBLIC ART
Kellogg will continue following up on art for the park by attending Arts Commission meetings and referred
Commissioners to the information in the agenda packet. Kellogg asked about the need to pay a consultant when there
will be a committee to choose the art. Kaplan would like to see some members of the Parks and Recreation Commission
on the committee to select the art work.
•
•
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION PAGE 2 •
* COMMISSION BUSINESS
A. CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN
Grosch said the Capital Facilities Plan is the best document the City has ever developed. Schroder discussed the criteria
and information. She drew attention to specific areas of data for parks projects and said the City Council would have
input. Bartholomew asked if Table 7 was a complete list. Wang responded that it was a prioritized listing.
Commissioners had a question and answer period on certain line items with Schroder and Wang responding. Schroder
said the Parks and Recreation Commission would continue to have input. Schroder also distributed a graph of the
Biennial Budget/CIP Process document with Keightley summarized it.
B. PUBLIC MEETING, CANOE CLUB
No report.
C. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Bollen reported that the committee is progressing well and thanked Reid for attending meetings to take notes. The
commissioners discussed the draft objectives. Bollen will be out of town for the April and May meetings, so Duclos
will chair the meetings. They are targeting the final draft completion for the end of January, 2000. The Comprehensive
Plan committee meetings have been set in advance to accommodate the committee members. Bollen also praised
Schroder and Jainga for attending all the meetings.
D. SKATE PARK
Schroder said the plans have been submitted for Council Committee review and the plans are also in for full permit
review. It appears that it will be the year 2000 before Skate Park is constructed. Funding is part of the CIP proposal.
E. POLICE PARK ACTIVITY REPORT
Brett Hatfield, Federal Way Public Safety, reported on activities during the past six months at the following parks with
the number of incidents (crimes or reportable incidents) per park:
Alderbrook - 0, Adelaide - 0, Alderdale - 0, Lakegrove - 1 (non - criminal miscellaneous), Lakota - 0, Palisades - 0,
Sacajawea - 0, Saghalie - 22 (assaults, burglary, thefts) and Steel Lake Park- 5. •
Baker referred to the times he has notified Police on incidents in Adelaide Park and was very dissatisfied with his
encounters. Hatfield suggested Baker continue to call 911 with the problems. He discussed the procedure and how calls _
are prioritized by dispatch. Kaplan asked if he would return in October with an updated report.
F. COMMISSION SIZE
Reid asked Schroder about commission size and Schroder responded that it was on the consent agenda for April 6, 1999
City Council meeting.
* COMMISSION COMMENTS
Kaplan asked when committees will be set up if the work plan is approved.
Bartholomew wants to schedule another Panther Lake clean-up for Parks and Recreation Commissioners. He will set
up a date and notify.
McColgan brought up a letter that was written to a newspaper editorial page on the Celebration Park sports field use.
He would like to see a meeting set up with John Hutton on the issues of field use. Schroder said it was a revenue issue.
Baker continued the discussion on field use at Celebration Park. He would like to see the rebuttal letter that is being
prepared to the newspaper from Wilbrecht and Schroder so all information distributed is uniform.
* ADJOURNMENT
Roach made a motion with Baker seconding that the meeting adjourn at 8:23 p.m.
•
F t H-,20� • �r/7/44
•
Parks commission.:
Wants impact fees
give c 1
onsideration
•
Developers would payees for adde
wear and tear by new residents
ByTAM BATEY � � � .
Staff reporter � o m �k) �4 ;
As Federal Way's' p rior[ tie€ for ` 1 99
booms, the city's parks ma b ulge — l'larcts 4 Work re a
with people, says a membe r of the Recrt
Parks and Recreatio Comm is s ion. the x YS ®A �
IL David Kaplan 'says Pa rk 5np� lF� ', ng.
fees— w { paid by the dev elopers who are g •
co ntributing to a x s � >
W
the would deci ease �' Y � �
the burden of .�
that poplilaho
hike _o i th e ` 46 barks' ' which total 8184 e �„.
.4 : f
acres. e i � 1 � tr z ���i � tea•
•
parks, 1 3 are
ne ' •
,�Cftri f�{2I'S{tf0[12f' �x� �' �" � � � , �
parks and five , —� .
— � - ..
Steell Lake. o Sacajawea. Lakota and �g '''
Sa�alw_ are co or la �
Kaplan said the city's small. parks 5 * . �
maintenance staff and tight u dget 7 "
means some parks are not recei >6 - '
the work they need Without addition-
al revenue, he a fears the parks will
deteriorate to the condition they wereM� C
at when the city took them over from fig' r a ''"on
/�� r: S z
King Co unty. � $s x
tr � Redmond way
'y' s7< v�s�. 5'
At a. March 4 work retreat, city
parks commissioners decided impos
ing impact fees on new developments The aly of has found
was fififth on their of 11 key projects impact fees to be an effective to
for 1999. On Tuesday, the Federal keep up with th e d emand for parks as
Way City Co heir hole on the com the'po pulation grows, Schrod sa
mission's work Plan' The city uses the mon to develo
But impact fees likely won't get a and buy land
ser ious look until the counal's consid- The parks commission has meat
eration of capita! facilities projects' in tinned impact fees before. Kaplan
May, said Jennifer Schroder, parks believes the introduction of Senate B91
an d recrea directo 5914, whichwoul speedup the rate at
•
• "We're in the real early st of which the city must accept new Bevel- •
looking atthat, "Schroder sa "We oPment, the co
gal lot on our plate. It's on the list o i nter est in research�8 the fees
things look at, but we don't have a
Rill gt i light to take further steps- ° SEE FE ES; PA GE A3
•
FEES believes the city already is essentially area or tennis court, Barker said. With
charging impact fees in the form of the standard subdivisions, at least 10 per -
open- space requirement. That require - cent of the 15 percent must be set aside !
CONTINUED FROM Al ment needs to be re-evaluated and pos- for active recreation.
sibly retooled to ensure developers are Grosch, who has been researching
'The best example is imagine your p ay i ng their fair share, he said. imps fees for the city, sent a letter to 4
living room with four people in it," "I would call it a refinement instead of Schroder detailing his findings and
Kaplan said, a manageable number. something new," Grosch said of the requesting a meeting with parks and
"Imagine 30 people in it. You've got a impact fee discussion. "It's nothing community development staff to dis-
logistic problem. How to find enough IIew," cuss whether the code provision is i
seats, how to keep it clean. This is what The .,
e city's open -space requirement enough
we're dealing with." stipulates that single - family subdivisions
Research on impact fees must be allot 15 percent of the gross land area If the council decides impact fees are
fa
done now, said commission Chair- for open space, pay a fee in -lieu based on worth exploring, parks staff will
woman Barbara Reid, "at the peginning 15 percent of the land's assessed value research whether the existuig open -
of the growth spurt" or some combination of the two, said requirement is adequate to meet
"We don't see any reason to raise res- associate planner Deb Barker. the city's goal of one park per neighbor
Schroder r said.
ing for parks already," Reid said. "We commercial developments. To they unquestionably
see future development impacting the The money from the fees in-lieu goes necessary. He calls are un the open space
parks." to the Parks and Recreation Depart
Cities charge impact fees to offset the ment requirement "totally inadequate" for
effect of new development on schools, Cluster subdivisions, where the lot ensuring that the city's parks are well-
parks and transportation. The fees are size is reduced to protect wetlands or maintaine'i
allowed under the Growth Manage- other natural features, do not have the "Impact . fees have a much wider
ment Act The city has impact fees for fee in1ieu option. All open space must boundary" than the open space require-
schools, but no impact fees for parks. be at the site and available for active ment, he said. "They're not just for that
Commissioner Karl Grosch said he recreation, such as a children's play locale."
III
4/3/99
To: Jennifer Schroder, Director,
• FW Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services (Letter & Attachments)
cc: Jon Jainga, Mgr.,Park Planning & Development (Letter & Attachments)
cc: Parks & Recreation Commissioners (Letter & Attachment A only)
Subject: "Park Impact Fee Research"
Ever since July 1998, the subject of "Park Impact Fees" was mentioned several times
during discussions at P & R Commission meetings and P & R Comprehensive Plan
Subcommittee meetings.
"Park Impact Fees" is part of the P & R Commission's work plan which was established
at the 3-4 -99 work study retreat, and is currently on the next City Council's Consent
Agenda.
This issue intrigued me from the start as a potential future research project that I could
work on. When I mentioned this to you, you encouraged me to pursue it and initiate the
research, especially since your limited planning staff had plenty other priorities in work.
To start with, I talked with Jon Jainga, the City Clerk's office, and then to Margaret
Clark, Senior planner in the Community Development Services staff, to find out what &
where the existing provisions are in the FW City Code. There are three (3) areas in the
code where Park Impact Fees are mentioned which I have summarized in Attachment "A"
• hereto.
Then I contacted two (2) other Washington cities, Redmond and Tumwater, that were
mentioned to me as having an ordnance /program in place. The third city, Bothell, I
located on the Internet. I requested copies of their pertinent documentation, rate
schedules, etc., which were then mailed out and are attached hereto for your information.
Attachment "B" -- City of Redmond Park Impact Fees Information Packet
Attachment "C" -- City of Tumwater Community Park Impact Fee System
Attachment "D" -- City of Bothell Ordnance # 1707, Park Impact Fee Program
Since I do not have enough experience in the planning area to assess the information
provided by the above cities, I would appreciate it very much if you could, time
permitting, coordinate & set up a future meeting with the FW City Community
Development Services staff. This should provide us with some ideas as to what can be
done to use the available data and information that I have compiled as a means of refining
the Park Impact Fee issue in support of our future land/park acquisition goals as it will be
outlined in the Comprehensive Plan update.
Sincerely, 4 ■ Karl Grosch
• Attachments A, B, & C
Attachment "A"
F . deral a Cit • . e -- Exi tin' Pr • i i, R • ' ardin' "Park Im • • ct F "
•
FW City Code, Chapter 20, "Subdividions" Section 20 -155, "Open Space and
Recreation " -
-- Residential Subdivisions (i.e. single family dwellings)
• Residential Subdivisions (single family dwellings) shall provide:
• Open space in the amount of 15% of the gross land are of the subdivision site.
• Or a fee -in -lieu of payment at the discretion of the parks director - to be
calculated on 15% of the most recent assessed value of the property.
FW City Zoning Code. Chapter 20, Section 22 -667 "Attached, detached, stacked
dwelling units" -- multifamily residential zone "RM" (i.e. apartments, condos, etc.)
• Multifamily Units /developments /property must contain:
• At least 400 sq.ft per dwelling unit of common recreational open space usable for
many activities.
• • At least 10% of this required open space must be developed & maintained with
children's play equipment.
• If the subject property contains 4 or more units, this required open space must be
one or more pieces, each having a length and width of at least 25 ft.
• In addition, if the subject property contains 20 or more units, at least 50% of this
required open space must be in one or more pieces, each having a length and
width of at least 40 ft.
FW City Code. Chapter 19, Section 19 "mitigation of Development Impacts" --
subsection
19 -46, "Methods of Mitigation ", paragraph "c"
• The developer may choose to pay a fee -in -lieu of reservation of all or portions of
open space areas required.
•
•
•